FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1947 THE MICHIGAN IAILY PAGE TH1REE Wolverines En Route to Illinois for Big Nine Showdo wn Contest c 3 C i Michigan Hits Peak Strength for Battle With Fighting Illini Offensive Drill Marks Last Practice; Kern ptiorn Returns To Aid Defense I-M NEWSj Kappa Sigma, defending inter- fraternity speedball champion, added another win to its impres- sive record 'yesterday by tripping Theta Chi, 10-5. Sigma Chi last year's runners-up kept pace with the leaders by downing Delta Tau Delta 7-5. Four Forfeits The touch footballscard was marred by four forfeits out of a scheduled five contests. In the only game played, Phi Delta Phi defeated Alpha Kappa Alpha 13-0. Delta Sigma Phi, Delta Sigma Delta. Nu Sigma Nu, and the Goosers all won their contests via the charity route. Daily-Lmnanian THERE, THERE OLD MAN... Bob Chappuis, Wolverine ball carrier, consoles an unidentified team- mate who just couldn't move four Golden Goph ers out of the way in this play which netted only a few yards last Saturday afternoon. HE HAS A KICK COMING: Jim B ri es Le Scorers Coach "Fritz" Crisler recently answered a request for a state- ment regarding the chances of Illinois defeating Michigan in their clash Saturday at Cham- paign by stating that a team that has been upset one weekend is al- ways on the rebound the next Saturday and is twice as hard to defeat.I This statement seemed to be the attitude of the whole Wolverine squad as they went through their final workout in Ann Arbor in preparation for Saturday's game with the Rose Bowl Champions of Illinois. Every member of the team was turning in his best effort to master a defense for the Illi- nois offensive plays as they were run off by the Freshman team. Coach Crisler and his players also practiced extensively some of the Michigan plays that are expected to be the undoing of the defending Western Conference Champions. Michigan will rely on the same offensive and defensive line-ups that emerged thoroughly test- ed after the Minnesota game. One important addition to the Wolver- ine defense was seen when it was announced that Dick Kempthorn would be ready for action against the Illini after a two week sojourn on the sidelines following a bruised knee received in the Pittsburgh game. With Kempthorn's return Crisler will have two outstanding defensive backs to stop the yard- age gaining efforts of Perry Moss and company. Coach Ray Elliot's team is still nursing injuries received in the Illini's successive encounters with Army, Minnesota and Purdue. The Rose Bowl Champions are expect- ed to be at full strength, however, for their conference title tilt with the Wolverines and are out to re- peat the upset which prevented Michigan from emerging as last year's Conference champions. The Illinois team is ranked as one of the best defensive teams in the nation and is the Big Nine leader in this department. In addition, the Illini are second only to Michi- gan in Western Conference of- fensive strength. Coach Ray Elliot will have one of the conferences passing aces to throw against the Wolverines in the person of Perry Moss who is claimed to be the equal of Bob Chappuis by many sportwriters. Coach Elliot will also have one of the best conference ground at- tacks to bring against Michigan Saturday. Dike Eddleman, Ruck Steger and Capt. Art Dufelmeier are the chief cogs in the Illini of- fensive machine and are counted on to top the power of Michigan's Chappuis, Weisenburger, Derri- cotte and Fonde. The thirty-fourth meeting be- tween the two Big Nine teams is an all-important one for both. Illinois, defeated by Purdue, needs to win this game to stay in the running for conference honors and the Wolverines have a double pur- pose in defeating the Champaign title holders. By winning Michi- gan will have passed what is rated its chief obstacle to an undefeated season and a conference cham- pionship. An Illinois defeat will also serve to erase the memory of last year's game which gave the Illini the Big Nine title. i Quality Suis by SMITHSON By IRWIN ZUCKER He hasn't carried the pigskin past that last white stripe at all, yet he leads the 1947 Big Nine scoring parade! The name? You're right-it's Jim Brieske, Michigan's automatic place-kicker, who has split the up- rights in 31 out of 34 attempts this year. With four games remaining on the Wolverine schedule, Brieske has an excellent oppor- tunity to eclipse the national collegiate record of 47 conver- sions in a year-a mark that was set by Army's Dick Walter- house. What's the secret of Brieske's phenomenal success? "You've got to believe you're going to kick that point and let nothing disturb your poise once you're set," explains the smiling 200-pound center from Harbor Beach, Mich. "I 'wish' it over every time." The Maize and Blue extra- point specialist also has tre- mendous confidence in the other fellow. "When I'm in there, a guy can't ask for better block- ing from our line and backs .. . I know I don't have to worry about being rushed too much." He is lavish in his praise of Gene Derricotte, the speedy half-back, who has been holding the ball every time Brieske's powerful right foot forms that familiar arc. "Gene's a pretty smooth ball- handler-he has speed, coolness, and sureness when he grabs those passes from good ol' J. T. White." Brieske's "educated" toe spends about a half-hour each afternoon on "homework" at Ferry Field. Strangely enough, Jim doesn't boot those place- ments in practice from the cus- tomary 9-yard stripe; instead, he smacks 'em from the 35 and 30-yard line-in field goal style. The Wolverine star likes to re- call that it was in 1942 that he first received the confidence need- ed in his collegiate place-kicking. It happened in the Great Lakes game. Michigan took a 6-0 lead, but Merv Pregulman, All-Amer- ican tackle, missed the conversion. In the final period, on a fourth down, Fritz Crisler sent in Brieske to try his luck. The Harbor Beach athlete booted a field goal from the 14 to clinch the game, 9-0. That year he connected in of 31 attempted conversions. 26 out In 1943, while a V-12 trainee here, Jim suffered a knee injury that kept him out of duty all season. The next two years found him stationed in various parts of the country and the world. But in 1946, Jim returned to the Wolverine campus. His old job as the Wolverine place-kicker was, waiting for him. A graduate student in the Bus- iness Administration School, Brieske is a bit undecided about playing professional football. The Baltimore Colts offered him a tempting proposition last year, but the golden-toed athlete decided to play for Crisler instead. Daily-Lmanian BYE, BYE BLUES ... Billy Bye, Minnesota's stellar halfback, is off on a short jaunt earthward this time as an unidentified Wolverine slows him down and Gene Derricotte moves up for the tackle. Meyer Heads 'M' RifleClub At the University of Michigan Rifle Club meeting Wednesday night, the following officers were eleeted for this year: George Mey- er, pres.; Warren Eder, vice-pres.; Dick Bohl, Sec.; and Norm Ron- ning, treasurer. We print 'em all No Job too large or small. Programs - Tickets Stationery - Announcements ROACH PRINTING 209 E. 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